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Lot 25 Details
Absolute Tuesdays: Old Maps and Vintage Prints 13 February 2024
Vue de...
Later hand-coloured steel engraving on paper
View Dimensions Print size: 8.25 x 12.75 in (21.2 x 32.4 cm)Sheet size: 11.5 x 14.25 in (28.9 x 36.2 cm)With mount: 17.3 x 20.1 in (44 x 51.2 cm)Published in Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant's, Voyage autour du monde executé pendant les années 1836 / 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite, published in Paris and London between 1840-52, pl. no. 98Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (2 July 1793 - 1 November 1858)He was a French sailor who worked his way up through the ranks from common seaman to rear-admiral. In 1836–37 he captained a 21-month voyage round the globe in which the scientists made many useful botanical and zoological observations, later described in an 11-volume illustrated account. He was briefly Minister of Navy and Colonies in 1851 during the French Second Republic. (Source: Wikipedia)On this expedition Vaillant employed naturalists Joseph Eydoux and François Souleyet, and watercolour artists Barthélémy Lauvergne and Théodore-Auguste Fisquet. "The principal aims of the voyage were political; to show the French flag in various areas in the Pacific, including the Hawaiian Islands, China, and Cochin China; to extend protection to a number of French subjects; and to draw up comprehensive reports on the countries visited, including Brazil, Chile, the Marianas, and the Philippines" (Hill)These works will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $867 Rs 72,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 39 Details
Old Maps and Vintage Prints 26 July 2022
Set of two...
a) LauvergneCoup de Vent Dans...
View Dimensions b) Bichebois after LauvergneVue Prise a Calcutta [bridge at Tolly's Nullah] Circa 1840sLater hand-coloured lithograph on chine colléPrint size: 8.25 x 12.75 in (21.2 x 32.4 cm) Sheet size: 11.5 x 14.25 in (28.9 x 36.2 cm) Published in Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant's, Voyage autour du monde executé pendant les années 1836 / 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite, published in Paris and London between 1840-52, pl. no. 88Colonel William Tolly wanted to create a functioning canal in the city by enlarging the dried-up bed of the Kidderpore Creek, to facilitate the passage of ships from the river Hooghly to the delta in the east. Completed in 1777, the 17-mile long canal was popularly known as Tolly's Nulla (nullah meaning creek-bed).Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (2 July 1793 - 1 November 1858) was a French sailor who worked his way up through the ranks from common seaman to rear-admiral. In 1836–37 he captained a 21-month voyage round the globe in which the scientists made many useful botanical and zoological observations, later described in an 11-volume illustrated account. He was briefly Minister of Navy and Colonies in 1851 during the French Second Republic. (Source: Wikipedia)On this expedition Vaillant employed naturalists Joseph Eydoux and François Souleyet, and watercolour artists Barthélémy Lauvergne and Théodore-Auguste Fisquet. "The principal aims of the voyage were political; to show the French flag in various areas in the Pacific, including the Hawaiian Islands, China, and Cochin China; to extend protection to a number of French subjects; and to draw up comprehensive reports on the countries visited, including Brazil, Chile, the Marianas, and the Philippines" (Hill)(Set of two)These works will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $614 Rs 47,880 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 40 Details
a) Tudot after a drawing of...
View Dimensions b) LauvergneVue de PondicheryCirca 1840sLater hand-coloured lithograph on chine colléPrint size: 8.25 x 12.75 in (21.2 x 32.4 cm) Sheet size: 11.5 x 14.25 in (28.9 x 36.2 cm) Published in Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant's, Voyage autour du monde executé pendant les années 1836 / 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite, published in Paris and London between 1840-52, pl. no. 95Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (2 July 1793 - 1 November 1858) was a French sailor who worked his way up through the ranks from common seaman to rear-admiral. In 1836–37 he captained a 21-month voyage round the globe in which the scientists made many useful botanical and zoological observations, later described in an 11-volume illustrated account. He was briefly Minister of Navy and Colonies in 1851 during the French Second Republic. (Source: Wikipedia)On this expedition Vaillant employed naturalists Joseph Eydoux and François Souleyet, and watercolour artists Barthélémy Lauvergne and Théodore-Auguste Fisquet. "The principal aims of the voyage were political; to show the French flag in various areas in the Pacific, including the Hawaiian Islands, China, and Cochin China; to extend protection to a number of French subjects; and to draw up comprehensive reports on the countries visited, including Brazil, Chile, the Marianas, and the Philippines" (Hill)(Set of two)These works will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $654 Rs 51,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 60 Details
Absolute Tuesdays: Design Edition 26 April 2022
Set of 2 Prints...
View Dimensions b) Bichebois after a drawing of LauvergneVue prise sur les bords de l'Hougly, Inde (View of The Banks of the Hooghly River in India)Circa 1840sLater hand-coloured lithograph on paperWithout mount: 11.5 x 14.25 in (28.8 x 36.2 cm)With mount: 17.5 x 20.25 in (44 x 51.5 cm)Published in Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant's, Voyage autour du monde executé pendant les années 1836 / 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite, published in Paris and London between 1840-52, pl. no. 92Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (2 July 1793 - 1 November 1858) was a French sailor who worked his way up through the ranks from common seaman to rear-admiral. In 1836–37 he captained a 21-month voyage round the globe in which the scientists made many useful botanical and zoological observations, later described in an 11-volume illustrated account. He was briefly Minister of Navy and Colonies in 1851 during the French Second Republic. (Source: Wikipedia)(Set of two)These works will be shipped mountedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $621 Rs 45,960 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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